diff --git a/ekms/internal/kms/kmspeers.go b/ekms/internal/kms/kmspeers.go
index 7a4d982341e1ce34d18e25c70d278d05b6317c7a..cba5db5d5720a33171c035e569d528a7cadddcd9 100644
--- a/ekms/internal/kms/kmspeers.go
+++ b/ekms/internal/kms/kmspeers.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ type kmsPeer struct {
 
 func NewKmsPeer(peerKmsId string, servQM QuantumModule, tcpSocketStr string, interComAddr string, eventBus *event.EventBus) (*kmsPeer, error) {
 	if servQM.Peer() != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("QuantumModule with ID: , already has a peer", servQM.ID())
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("QuantumModule with ID: %s, already has a peer", servQM.ID())
 	}
 
 	peerKmsIdUUID, err := uuid.Parse(peerKmsId)